Evening Star Newspaper, September 30, 1924, Page 2

THREE INDICTED N LEISINGER CASE \ 2 rfand Jury Acts Against Col- | “bred Men in Shooting in August. Free- red, James Holmes, Harry W, an A. Gross, all <ol i “ted today by the in the first degree in ghan Raymond . Leisinger August 5: last. The grand jurors exonerated Beten . Jackson. also colored. known 35 the “girl in the pink dress” who Was in the automobile with the three Snen and who told the police that she filed to prevent the shooting of Lei- Snger. The young woman may be B&d in jail as 4 material Government Wtness until the trial of the case, wihieh United States Attorney Gordon down next month ntx in_Indictment. indictment is in. four counts that the shooting was the three accused eman Leisinger was the tire carrier of which was being driven speed to avoid ar Leisinger fell off the car Wwas found dead on | street northe hear North Capitol street. The po- Ticeman had suspected the ear might contain whisky and had tried to stop the machine, but the driver speeded up. The officer was able to get on the tire carrier. whence he returned the fire of the men inside the machine John A. MeKimmie of detective headquarters located the bullet-rid- den machine in a garage where Holmes to have left it the shootinz. An attempt had been ade 10 obliterate the marks made the bullets, it is said. The arrest The ana done ten hanging Holmes charges by ea while | onto is d by of Freeman and girl iross and the Jackson w. The grand jury ¢ Duvall on a charg false 1t is alleged Lewis Gla man intrusted him with a check for $211.25 last June to pay interest on a trust note on Gladsman’s property and Duvall is said to have appropri- money to his own usc. pr are charged in an ment against Frank W. Steck, chuarged with representing €1f as manager of a planograph v oand have induced two ©n 1o invest in stock on the pre- that he had sold $11.000 worth the securities to Sheetz, a eul investor The grand jurors ignored a charge of homicide against Bernice Vietor Brown, wio is ssid to have caused the death of Patrick Muleahy in May, 1921 Other charges ignored include Richard Burrell and Rosa lewis ssault with a danzerous weapon: lward Hurne, grand larceny. and Edward Nelson, joy-riding o dictments Returned. Others d and the against Duvall Indicted. tenses to er 1 indict them are ght, Jolin Jones, Brik- tt, Lester Brown, Harry E. n and Albert Henson, assault dangerous weaponi Benjamin Lewis, assault intent to Kill; Harry Murphy, Francis D. Bell. Nathani Edeiin and Charles H. Rawlings, joy- riding: Samuel Sacrey and Harry H Clayton and Griffin Lucas. robbery Nathaniel Edelin, Krnest Weber and Herbert Pee Lonnie Kemming and Charles R Gay.e, grand larceny Joseph Marchitti, William Earl Rice, Arthur J. Guasp, Forrest J. Simmonds and Charlie Jackson, housebreakin and larceny DISMAL WEATHER charges PERIOD NEAR END| (Continued from by car with as and building ST s st Page.) the torrential rain. Local street service was generally delayed, here and there blockades, occurred at Connecticut avenue Garrison street, where at operation a lot of loose casily washed across the stroet car tracks. In consequence. al- most every one was late for work. Suburban Conditions. an _illustration Washington fared, Boulevard As ban Washington attsville and ed this morning, covered the road at u depth of four feet More than 100 autos were held up the wall of water, it being ne ary for traflic to detour by the way of Ram's Horn road. Since the rain began until about noon today there has been @pproxi- mately '4 inches of rain in Wash- ington, which is almost a September yecord. with the prospect that the yecord may be broken. The highest previous mark was for a Z4-hour period on September 15 and 16, 1874, Wwhen there was a rainfall of 5.66 inches. Then of how subur- traffic on the between Hy the Capital was bleck- the rain having Bladensburg to by two yvears ago, on September 2, 1922, in a period of 8'2 hours, there Wius a raintail of 5.16 inches which is the September record for that length 0 time, Un September 14 and 13, 1904, & 24-hour record was exactly 5 inche; But notwithstanding the almost record vaintall there was littie dam- age by washouts. The Potomac River, according to the harbor police pre- cinct, was just two feet above normal, but rapidly going down The storm center this morning was over Lastern North Carolina, quite close to Wilmington, and moving to- ward the north and northeast. This will cause strong winds and gules along the Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic coasts this afternoon d tonight. Storm warnings are splayed today from Cape Hatteras, . to Eastport, Me. Heavy and killing frosts have been reported from the Upper Missis- sippi Valley, the Missouri Valley and the upper lake regions. Light frosts expected tonight in the lower rain last night caused con- sideruble disappointment even in the humes of many who did not have to brave the storm.'A vexatious half- Rour was spent by those who were listening in by radio on Secretary Hoover's speech in reply to Senator L& Follette, on which 20 stationa were hooked up. There were a cou- nle of breaks in the circuit that caused the delivery of the speech % be interrupted and delayed. | Storm Sewers Meet Emergency. I The storm sewers ~carried off the Heavy rainfall of the past two days Without serious difficulty, J. B. Gordon, Anitary engineer of the District, stated gmay. arly this morning he recelved word that the tracks of the Washing- {on Railway and Electric Co. at Georgla #venue an@ Decatur streets had been govered with mud by the flow of eur- fice water from side st He com- Il'!umculwl with L. R. Grabill, superin- gndent of county roads, who sent a gang of workmen to the scehe. ‘A short time later a message was received at the District Building that there had been a cave-in of the street at Second and Webster streets morth- ‘west, and a crew of sewer employes was rushed to the scene. Mr. Gordon explained that the pumps at the sewage pumping station are more than ample to carry off a steady fall of rain almost indefinitely, provided the mouths of the catch basins do not be- come clogged with debris. grand | and | st| after | Holmes followed and then that of | also indicted Wil- | such | af Without foreign trade there would | not be any parade here tomerrow to velcome the pennant-winning Na- tionals on their home coming, de- clares O. K. Davis, secretary of the National Foreign Trade Council. How Walter Johnson's professional existence is dependent on foreign trade was outlined to the student body of the Georgetown Foreign Serv- ice ‘School last night by Mr. Wwho conducted a symposium on “Base Ball and Its Relation to Foreign Trade.” Who is Walter Johnson?" the speaker asked. There was uproar- fous acclaim from both student body and faculty. Seurce of Material. is Walter Johnson's connec- he shot as class was What tion with foreign trade”" the next question. The sturuped My, Davis' next question furnished a elue. “What's in a base ball”" he asked. “Rubber!” shouted a dozen voicex. ., | “Yes, and the heart of a base ball jis @ piece of cork. Where in the | United States can you find rubber tand the fiber out of which base ball BUSY TIME AHEAD FOR LOCAL POLIGE 1st Division Memorial Un- veiling and World Series to Tax Force. With the First Division parade to ‘handlc in the morning and a world series base ball crowd to regulate in the afternoon, the Washington Police Department will be put to a severe test of service Saturday Assistant Supts. Charles Evans and Henry G. Pratt and Inspector William S. Shelby, acting under orders from Maj. Sullivan, are three of the buiest men in the District Building toda completing arrangements for the day Inspector Shelby said he would be ready tomorrow to make public the special traffic regulations for streets in the vicinity of the base ball park at Seventh and Florida ave- nue during the world series. The traffic rules for the ball games | the ingpector said. would be pratieal- Iy the same as were in effect for the Marine-Army foot ball game two years ago, when more than 30,000 per- sons flocked to the ball park. . The 1st Division parade is sched- uled to start up Pennsylvania avenue at 9:40 o'clock Saturday morning and there will be 200 policemen detailed along the route. No parking of automobiles will be permitted on the Avenue Saturday morning until after the parade. Street cars will stop at 9:30 o'clock until after the procession has passed Caupt. MeMorris of the office of pub- tic buildings and grounds will be in | charge of arrangements at the ion monument and will be as- sisted by 50 local police under a leu- tenant. RETURNING GRIFFMEN (Continued from First Page.) | will come next as an escort. The Dis- trict Commissioners and the members of the citizens' committee on ar- rangements will next in line in automobiles and then will pass be- tween -the' crowded sidewalks the weinners of the American League pen- nant. In order that the fans may see and cheer each man, the players will be separated in groups of three to an automobile, with a placard on each | car, bearing the names of the occu- | pants. Three to Each Car. Harry Allmond, secretary to the citizens' committee on. arrangements, announced today that the players would ride up the Avenue in the fol- lowing group: - First car—Harris, Shirley: and Lei- bold. Second car—Johnsen, Zachary and Russell. Third Speece, Fourth car—Rice, Taylor and Mar- tina. Fifth car—Ruel, Ogden and Zahni- ser. Sixth car—Peckinpaugh, Mogridge and Hargrave. 3 Seventh car—Goslin, Leffer. Eighth Tate. Ninth car—Altrock and Schacht. Tenth car—kdward B. Eynon, jr; Clark C. Griffith and Willlam Rich- ardson, officials of the club, Eleventh car—Trainer Mike Martin and Billy Smith, assistant secretary. Citizens to Ride. The members of the citizens’ com- mittee which arranged the celebra. tion will ride in the parade, as fol- low Melvin C. Hazen, chairman; Harry Allmond, secretary, and Col. Clarence O. Sherrill, C. Bascom Slemp, Gen. 8. D, Rockenbach, Gus Buchholz, Roland Robbins, John Gheen, Thomas Bones, G. Logan Payne, H. H. Stans- bury, J. J. Spurgeon, John M. Glelss- ner, Newbold Noyes, Robert N, Har- per, Gen. Anton Stephan, John Poole, Edward F. Colladay, J. Thilman Hen- drick, Isaac Gans, Samuel J. Henry, Samuel J. Prescott and George Mullin. In addition to Commissioners Ru- dolph, Oyster and Bell, Assistant En- gineer Commissioners W. H. Holcombe and Willlam E. R. Covell will ride in the parade. Occupants of buildings along the Avenue have been requested to deco- rate their structures for the occasion. At Fifteenth street and Pennsylva nia avenue the caravan will turn into the Monument grounds and proceed to the KEllipse, where a temporary stage has been erected for the formal exercises of welcome. Band Concert at Ellipse. Although it probably will be 5 o'clock before the ceremonies at._the Ellipse begin, the committee antici- pated that the crowd probably would gather there early and arrangements have been made to have a band give a concert there starting at 4 o'clock. President Coolidge, who has ex- pressed his interest in the success of the Washington team this year, will occupy the center of the platform on the Ellipse and will deliver the ad- dress of welcome to the American League champions. He will be in- troduced by Commissioner Rudolph, master of ceremonies. As a symbol of the place which the team has won in the hearts of every inhabitant of the District, Commissioner Rudolph will present Stanley Harris with a gold key to the city. The exercises will close With the presentation of a trophy to Manager Harris for the team as a whole. The cup will be given by the cx_ngg_u" car—Judge, Marberry and MeNeely and car—Bluege. Miller and Davis, | the | 15t | ROYAL GREETING AWAITS| THE KVEN cork is made? Base ball, therefore, is very largely dependent on foreign trade. 1f vou didn't have rybber and cork what kind of a game could be played with some other kind of ball. What could Walter Johnson. Washington's pitcher ace, do then?” ‘Without hesitation. the slud-n\. body voted Mr. Davis the speakers pennant Welecomen 300 Students. Dean William F. Nots welcomed the 500 students at exercises marking the fifth annual opening of the Georgetown Sechool and in doing 80 he welcomed back to Georgetown Rev. Edmund A. Walsh, S. J., founder of the school, as the .man in whose mind first originated the idca of edu- cation in foreign service. The growth of the school in these five vears and the rapid spread of schools dedicated to training in for- cign service, Father Walsh declared, confirms the wisdom of this course in_education. . Dr. Marc Peter, Minister of Swit- zerland, was the other speaker at the opening exercises, which were at- tended by & number of distinguished Fuests Official Decree | Commends Griffs For Winning Flag Congratula#ing them for bring- ing Washington its first American League base ball pefnant and ex- pressing the hope that they will vanquish the New York Giants in the world series, the District Com- missioners today issued a formal proclamation to the players. The statement 18 signed by Com- missioners Rudolph, Oyster and Bell, and follows “On behalf of the Government of the District of Columbia and the citizens thereof, the Commissioners extend to the Washington Base Ball Club their heartiest congrat- ulations on winning the base ball Dennant in the American League. “For many vears it has been the desire of the people of Washington to have a winning base ball club. On several previous occasions we have come near to this goal, but it remained for this year for the present Washington team, led by its youthful und intrepid manager, Stanley Harris, and Clark Griftith to bring home the coveted flag. “This feat is but a forerunner of another feat which the citizens of Washington have no doubt will be accomplished—that is, for the Washington team to vanquish its rival. the New York team, in the world series, which will be held in Washington beginning next Sat- urday. The City of Washington feels much honored that it will be the scene of the first game of the series, and every inhabitant is con- fident that its team will capture the world championship.” REJOICING CAPITAL BANISHES GLOOM AS GRIFFMEN WIN (Continued from First Page) | test was demonstrated by an incident that took place in one of the cloisters ed houses of study in Brookland— the Dominican Monastery. $ A visitor being shown through the premises was brought unexpectedly into a classroom. There the first thing that attracted his eye were a number of the friars, dressed in their black and white habits and hoods, grouped around a familiar- iooking horn. As the visitor looked, scarcely believing his own eyes, the horn spoke: “Boone out to Judge. hit. One left.” Even White House Pausen A learned friar excitedly slapped a brother friar on the back. The secret was out. Even back there in the cloisters of that quiet monastry, the story of the pennant chase was carrying its thrill on the voice of the radio. One of the friars then ex- plained that what had caused such a demonstration of joy was due to the fact that Boston had had a man on third, with the score, 3 to 2, in favor of Washington. A hit then would have tied the count. When the victory was finally clinched by the third out in the ninth inning, the White House interrupted its busy routine long enough ta send Bucky Harris a message of congrat- ulations. High government officials joined with humble citizens in praise of the team and its fighting qualities, cabinet officers, justices of the Su- preme Court and other officials ex- pressing their admiration in un- stinted terms, all agreeing with Jus- tice McKenna of the Supreme Court, who said “the good- news gives me & distinct thrill; I am delighted and 1 am sure that all of Washington feels likewise." GRIFFITH AND HARRIS HAILED FOR PENNANT Resolutions congratulating Clark Griffith and Manager Stanley Har- ris of the Washington base ball club on bringing the American League pennant to this city for the first time In the history of the Amer- ican League were adopted by the West End Citizens' Association at its first meeting of the seasen in the Chesapeake and Potomac 'Tele- phone Co. Bullding last night. Active support was pledged to the effort being made by the various citizens' bodies to have Congress -pass a law creating a permanent park on the Union Station Plaza and to preserve unobstructed the view of the Capitol Building from Union Station. The association also voted to co-operate with the Federation of Citizens’ Associations in an ef- fort to have Congress grant the right of suffrage to the District of Co- lumbia and to be allowed repre- sentation in the law-making bodies on the same basis as the several States. —_—e committee on behalf of all Washing- ton. Thus willend the formal celebra- tion. But the victorious players will have another treat in store for them in the form of a dinner to be given in their honor by Gus Buchholz at the Occidental Hotel at 3:30 o'elock in the evening. The toastmaster at the dinner will be Roe Fulkerson. United States Marshal Edgar C. Snyder will be timekeeper on speakers and Maj. Daniel Sullivan will be sergeant-at- arms. -Entertainment will be pre- sented by Roland S. Robbins, man- ager of Keith's Theater, and L. J. Fosse, L. F. Leavitt, George O'Connor and Matt Horne. Secretary Hughes in Campaign. Secretary Hughes will deliver an sddress October 4, at Emery Aundi- torium, Cincinnatl, the Speakers’ Bu- reau of the Republican national com- mittee announced fodads . No rues. One G ST JOHNSON’S PITEHING IS LINKED VITALLY TO FOREIGN COMMERCE Ace Couldw’t Play Without This Aid, Students at Georgetown Service School Are Told. Rubber and Cork the Reasons. BUCKS WILL WIN, DECLARES GRIFFITH Team Fired With Determina- tion, Says President—Be- | lieves Title Assured. “There isn't a team in the country that can beat Washington in its present mood. Those boys are pimply fired with a determination to win. That spjrit won the American League pennant; it will win the world series’ It was with these words that Clark C. Griffith led into Washington this morning the vanguard of s cham- plons. Almost unnoticed by a few early risers at Union Station, Griffith, Bucky Harris, Walter Johnson andgSam Rice stepped from the Federal express when it arrived from Boston at 7:30 o'clock. With a thousand things to do, more or less. before the big series gets under way Saturday afternoon, Griffith and three of his stars hur- ried from the Hub City immediately after the deciding game yesterday. Somewhere en route they lost Joe Judge and Goose Goslin, who started the journey with them. Goose Goes Home. Goose, it is believed, dropped off at Trenton to hurry. down to his home in New Jersey for a short visit Lefore he reports back to Washing- ton. Judge is supposed to have stopped off in Baltimore. All, however, are to enjoy a much-needed holiday until the entire team arrives home for its officiul welcome tomorrow. Only the relatives of the players who arrived in Washington and a handful of newspaper men were at the station to welcome the ecarly arrivals back to Washington. Mrs. GriMth embraced her husband rap- turously, so plainly touched by her husband's achievement that the few who witnessed the scene courteously turned to a few minutes of conversa- on. Harris Praises Mates. Bucky Harris stood near his veteran {'Y'fltf. ‘The 27-year-old manager of Washington's first championship team seemed almost bashful in his reticence to talk about the victory. Protesting that he did not deserve all of the credit that is being heaped upon him, Stan tried in vain to tuem the conver- sation to his teammates: T just had the fightin'est bunch of ball players that ever assembled. That's what won the pennant Every one of ‘em had simply bent back- wards helping. They deserve the credit.” Clark Griffith gave credit to every man on the team-—Johnson, Judge, Goglin, Rice, Bluege, Peckinpaugh, Muddy Ruel—he named every one of the veterans. and finally referred to his “kid mangger” with a werd of added praise. _ “This vietory vindicates my faith in Slunle_\' Harris. I knew he could do it and he did. This team has been through the mill, ¥ can tell you, too. A dozen times during the last of the seasonsthey were in a position where they just had to win—not win just @ game but a whole serics. And they did it. Nerve Bringw Vietory. “The big, outstanding thing of the team has been its nerve and its de- termination to win. They just got it into their heads that they had cham- pionship material and from that mo- ment they wouldn't be denied. And today « there isn't a team in the United States that can beat them. They simply won't be licked “The team is just a little over- worked now, but it will be all ready and fit to meet the Giants by the time the series comes around. Our boys have been through a terrible strain. but they didn't really show it until they reached Boston. ‘Then when they lost the first game it put back into them all of that old do-or- die fire, and they proceeded to einch the pennant. “Harris is idolized by his men. Why. when the game was over yes- terday they picked him up ana car- ried him off the fleld.” —— FIGHT ON PREMIE OPENS IN COMMONS (Continued from First Page.) er the session called for the Irish bill would be as short as expected, and it is suggested by some writers that the Government's desire for ad- Journment as soen as the bill is Passed may be defeated. Turkish Issue Raised. A number of the benches of the House were occupied after the deers opened and it was not long before the House and its galleries were crowd- ed in preparation for the opening of the sitting which it was generally felt would be momentous. There was much animation just b fore the prime minister entered to the acompaniment of ministerial cheers. The first remark by a cabinet mem- ber after the opening was made by Col. Secretary Thomas, who, replying to a question In regard to the posi- tion in Irak, said there was no que: tion of the existence of a state of war between Great Britain and Tur- key. Sitwation Well in Hand. The colonial secretary explained that certain Turkish military move- ments had taken place which the Brit- ish government considered a disturb- ance of the status quo. When these continued, air action was taken after serious warning had been given the neareat Turkish authority. But fur- ther encroachments. occyrred, and, Mr. Thomas said, the Irak pelice forces had been forced to fall back with three casualties. Meantime, it was said, Assyrians and Christians numbering 6,000 fled from their homes, which the British government alleged were outside the sphere of Turkish influence. Serious protests had been made, it was de- clared, and the British authorities at Irak had been authorized to take all necessary action to prevent further trouble. The colonial secretary said that in the meantime the situation was well in hand from a military viewpoint. Many 'Questions Up. There is a remarkable number of subjects over which the political lead- ors of {the various parties and the public are agitated, notably the Rus- sian treaty, strongly opposed by the conservatives and a large section of the liberals; alleged Turkish raids in Irak, dangerous unrest in India and the negotiations with Said Zaglou! Pasha, the Egyptian premier. There are also several domeatie questions, foremost among them the mysterious abandonment of prosecu- tion on the charge of sedition of the editer of the communist paper, Work- ers’ Weekly, which has been more or less of a burning topic since early August, and which, it is said, is likely to involve the compulsory retirement of at least one member of the cabinet. “In view of these and other mat- ters,” says the political correspond- ent of the Westminster Gasette, “a strong body of opinion in the com- mons will oppose any further ad- journment of Purliament before Christmas.” —_— Salt mines conducted by the gov- ernment of Poland produced 363,000 tons last year. WASHINGTON, D. RADIO WILL GARRY DETAILS OF SERIES Graham McNamee to Be An- nouncer for Base Ball Classic. A play-by-play description of all of the world series games between “Bucky Harris' fighting Nationals, who won for Washington its first American League pennant, and John McGraw’s New York Giants will be broadcast jointly by sta- tions WCAP and WEAF, it was learned today from the Chesapeake and Poto- mac’ Telephone Co. Radio apparatus for broadcasting the base ball classic is now being installed in the Clark Griffith Stadium and the Polo Grounds in New York. Graham McNamee, one of the most pular radio announcers in the United tates, will describe all of the games. He probably will be assisted By Stuart S. Hayes, who has broadcast throughout the base ball seaxon from WCAP the results of the games in the major leagues. McNamee, it will be by radio-listeners, described the pro- ceedings at both the Republican and Demoeratic national conventions, in addition to many other notable events which have been broadcast in the last year. Mr. Hayes, who Is likely to askist him. is peculiarly well quulified for the task, having played professional base ball for a number of ¥ears in the International, Vir- ginia and Blue Ridge Leagues. Preparations for broadcasting the world series games will be completed Friday, when McNamee comes to Washington. . JAPANESE ACCEPT REVISED SECURITY PACT AGREEMENT (Continued from First Page.) league informed as to how Greece is treating Bulgarians living on Grecian soil. TOKIO DENIES ALIEN ISSUE. Legal, Not Immigration, Phase of Protocol Considered. By the Associated Press. TOKIO, September 30.—Japanese insistence on an amendment to the proposed protocol of arbitration and Security now before the League of Nations is based wholly upon the legal, not the immigration, phase of the question, and inferences to the contrary ure far-fetched. according to official views obtained here today Apparent indifference on the part of newspapers and officials and the manner in which any previous reference to the sub- ject ‘were the most remarkable char- afteristics of Japan's reception of the pronouncements of Japanese del- egates at Geneva. Tt was pointed out that there is rea- son to believe that the government was never more than lukewarm on the sub- Ject of the adoption of the protocol, un- der which it would be possible for the League of Nations to intervene in any difference that might arise between China and Japan. The Japan-China phase of the situa- tion was as much responsible for Japa- nese opposition to the protocol as was the immigration question, it was pointed out. At least, it is obvious here that Haron Adachi’s statement on the fmmi- gration question before the league was | lintended for Luropean, not home, con- sumption. LONDON OPINION DIVIDED. Press Sees Froth and Substance in Japan’s Stand. By the Assoeiated Press. LONDAN, September 30.—Comment- ing on Japan's stand with regard to the protecol on arbitration and se- curity his elicited little comment. The Daily News says: “1t is inconceivable on every ground of reason that the Japanese government will press its absurd and dangerous demand to a fatal conelusion.” The Westminster Gazette, on_the contrary, thinks that Japan's point has a wider significance than the im- migration law and says it is easy to imagine that “in some cases essential justice may be rendered impossible on the piea that the issue raised is the domestic affair ,of one particular nation.” MACDONALD SENDS VIEWS. By the Asmciated Prese. PARIS, September 23.—Premier Herriot has received another long let- ter from the British prime minister, Ramsay MacDonald, but as it is of & confidential and personal nature it will not be made public, according to the Matin. Mr. MacDonald writes particularly about questions arising out of the de- bates on the arbitration protocel at Geneva, as well as on the expressions of the peoples’ opinion in France and ingland regarding the League of Na- tions. A large part of the letter is devoted to the problem of commerei relations between Germany and Great Britain, on the one hand, and Ger- many and France, on the other. HAVRE DE GRACE ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY: PIRST RACE—Purse. $1.300; Sllies: 2.year-olds; 5% furlengs. Fraes . Waveerest | Gymnant Wedlock Hunsabre 15 Outaight i Algo eligibie: Princess Ahmed.. 115 Firth of Forth... 115 SECOND eeplech; claiming: purme, $2,000; 3-year-olds und up; 2 miles O) 1 144 Tell Mg T 164 Reck ..o for maiden . 115 L5 D115 . 136 1Laurel Park Stud eatry. THIRD RACE—The Gien Riddle; $1,500; 3-year-olds; 8% furlongs. Finland . Goeds...... 100 Trip Lightly..... 106 Rier® weedtide: . 108 Lodter oo w108 POURTH RACE—Purse, $1,300; claiming; 3-year-olds; 6 furlongs. wd Baltimore IL 114 Pep to Peep...... Frergiade ore.x 114 048 Bethos1 1 Joo Leatherwood ..... 111 Jackson ......... 105 PFIFTH RACE—The White Margh: IrRe, $1,500; 3-year-olds and up; 1 mile Faras Beddle 112 Bhamroek .. . 0 r.-'lll . 112 Sweep Ry feee }g ¥lyiog Cloud 107 Roman Bachelor.. 107 SIXTH RACE—Purse, $1.300; claiming; 3- ids and up: 1 mile. ... 113 *Soggarthareon 113 Gray Gables. . 7113 RIff Rang Jolly .. 110 Ten Sixty Hun Dady. 107 Mueh Ado. .l SEVENTH RACE—Pume. $1,300; elaiming; 3-year-olds and up; 14 mil Triumph ...:. *Widgeon . Lousons Serbian . rianet o Capt: Coutigan Bofl Rottom. . remembered | the press avoided | C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1924. CAPITAL HIT BY OF “WOOZLES,” STRANGE ILLNESS| ———— BAD EPIDEMIC Policemen Affected Become Courteous to Traffic Law Violators—W omen Cease Pushing in Ahead of Line at Ticket Windows. Sweeping sudderly with an insidi- ous swoop upon the unsuspecting city yesterday afternoon, something strangely sinister seemed to beset Washington's ordinarily sedate citi- zenry, stirring up a startling serles of mysterious episodes of stagger- ing sigr.ificance. This baleful influence struck indis- criminately in a thousand places, causing many and varied phenomena’ For instance Drivers of two automobiles that collided at a downtown street imter- section jumped from their macWines and apologized profusely, each main- taining that he alone was to blame. A pushcart vendor on Seventh street who started to move his cart upon the approach of a policeman was told to stay where he was by the officer, who picked up a couple of bananas—and pald for them Policeman In Courteous. A erossing policeman whose stop signal had been unconsciously Ig- nored by a happily preoccupied motorist laughed heartily instead of | blowing his whistle, exclaiming, joke's on me!” A woman who attempted to push in ahead of another woman waiting in line at a movie ticket window was greeted with an approving smile, at | which she turned around and went to the end of the line, smiling that she had discovered her mistake. It was a fearful, awe-inspiring suc- cession of spectacles that greeted the eye of the casual observer yes- terday afternoon and evening. The malevolent doings cropped out eariy in the afternoon, affecting great crowds of apparently conseryative and: respeotable men and women with high-handed symptoms akin to brain-fever. Instead of seeking shel- ter from the heavy downpour of rain, TARRING WITNESS PICKS LEATHERMAN (Continued from First Page.) “The | crying for some one to bring her clothes. At that time, he said, all the automobiles in the party had their | searchlights playing on the quivering form of the girl, and others in the crowd had turned flashlights on her and were taunting her with jokes and | obscene remarks. Took Girl to His Home. Whipp's story is that he returned home for a sheet, covered the cower- | ing body of the girl, and With the | assistance of Lloyd Shank carried her to his farm, where they and Mrs Whipp cleaned off the tar and feath- ers and put the girl to bed. He tes- tified that the girl's body was badly burned but not blistered His testimony to the jury was in- jurious te Harry Leatherman, and he named several others of those in- dicted as being gctive in the mob. In thus tesfWying James Whipp knew that he was materially hurting many of his elosest friends and even men that he had grown up with, and he knew that from now on he might be ostracised in the community, but he told his story unflinchingly. Defense Move Checked Samuel A. Lewis, former State's at- | torney, now counsel for Leatherman, | tried to show that Whipp was on friendly terms with Miss Grandon. Lewis was overruled by the presiding #udges, Chief Judge Hammond Urner and Assistant Judge Robert Peters. Much of Whipp's testimony was corroborated by his wife and by Lloyd Shank, husband of Mrs. Mary Shank, who yesterday pleaded guilty actually to applying the tar and feathers, Shank said that when he ap- proached the mob he had heard threats aganist himself also. Mre. Shank previously had alleged that it was because of Dorothy Grandon's friendship toward her husband that the mob had been incited to violence and that she had been urged on by the men to apply the tar. Mabel Mills, close friend of Miss Grandan, testified that as she was walking on the road with the latter, five or six cars came up from behind; that Mrs. Shank and Leatherman jumped out, and that Mary Shank three times beat Miss Grandon over the head with a club, which Leather- man had given her, while the victim was being held by Calvin Shank and Paul Grossnickle. Says Mercy Plea Igmored. She eald Miss Grandon fell to her knees and begged for mercy, but that the crowd laughed and went about its work, everybody cursing and making foul remarks to her. Leatherman handed Mrs. Shank the tar and feathers to apply, she said, and she also told the jury that all the lights on the autos were turned on the girl while she was naked. When she tried ‘to interfere, the witness asserted, Leatherman and others threatened her with the same treatment. To the defense she admitted com- ing to Myersville from Hagerstown with Miss Grandon and that she was now on parole from the Maryland House of Correction for the trial. Dr. R. V. Hauver of Middletown also testified that he had seen part of the proceedings. Hundreds Throng Court. Yesterday's proceedings were dis- appointing to the hundreds who pushed and fought to gain a place in the packed and hot courtroom, mostly farmers and natives of Myersville and the surrounding eounty, who expected to hear sensational disclosures and scandalous attacks from both sjdes. 1In the first place, Mrs. Shank un- expectedly pleaded guilty to applying the tar and feathers, and said noth- ing. She had been scheduled to set off the fireworks with a series of startling and incriminating charges. The spectators obviously were disap- pointed at missing the choice scandal they expected from her. At the re- quest of her attorneys, sentence wasi deferred until after the trial of the | clothes from her 19 men indicted. She is liable to a penitentiary sentence of from 18 months to 10 years. ‘Then, tgo, the apectators were de- nied hearing of ‘the past life of Dor- othy: Grandon, before she dropped in on the quiet little Dunkard town'of Myergville, and in her short visit of only eight days caused such a com- motion. _Chief. Judge Urner and As- sociate Judge Peter, presiding at the trial; ruled that all questions must pertain: to the tar and feather incident itself. This was & blow to the defense, as attorneys for Leatherman,. around whom the trial centered following the guilty plea of Mrs. Shank, were not able to ask any questions relating to Miss Grandon's previous conduct. . Girl Takes Stand. ‘Miss - Grandon, who hus held in the county fail since July 24, the night of the tarring, as a muterial witness for the State, was the first to testify yesterday. The victim of the assault took the stand, clad neatly in black, and in an un- abashed and bold manner told her story, going into the lurid details of the assault of the angry mob when she was stripped and beaten and tarred and feathered while feeing Myersvill Aocordiag te her testimony, she was on the rosd from Myersville to Middletown, walking with her friond, Mra. Viela Xeanedy, with whom she been large gatherings of weli drossed per- | song stood on the streets, unbreilaless and drenched to the skin, all un- mindful of the fact that they were i imminent danger of being washed down the sewer. and Defiant of Rain. For nearly two hours citi- zens 8tood defying the elements to do their worst. They were still assem- bled in three major groups at 4:51 o'clock in the afternoon, their eyes fixed on a common object Suddenly, ut what seemed to be an anxiously awaited signal, pandemonium broke loose among the throngs. Strong men laid their heads upon one another's shoulders and mingled genuine tears with the rain. At the same time the skies seemed to weep more copious but someh w it appeared that the com- bined outburst was one of Jjoy and exultation. Women, married and single, hugged other women's husbands with brazen effronters. Street urchins shinned up the legs of tall business men and plant- ed Kisses on their brows. Two street these | cars on G street between 14th and 15th streets embraced cach other from differ- | ent tracke, sending the passengers scat- tering, unhurt, to the street Man Who Doubted Roams. In the midst of it all there a bareheaded man, feverish with pectant excitement. scanning the ous thoroughfares from end to end “What is he looking for?" asked a hundred voices at once. Some one who knew answered : “He's the guy who said when Wash- ington wins the pennant horses would walk on their hind legs and chew to- bacco.” At last reports the man still was in search of the horses, while police were preparing a padded cell for him when he got tired Coolidge Elated Over Nats Success In Taking Pennant President Coolidge i3 elated over the winning of the America League pennant by the Washing- ton base ball club. He has said to some of his callers. with whom he was discussing base ball, that he was sure that every one living in Washington, similar to residents like himself, is proud of what the local ball team has accom- plished. He said that he had be- come sufficient of a Washing resident to become proud of a local accomplishments Despite the calls upon the Presi- dent he has taken a few minutes each day to scrutinize the base ball accounts in the newspapers. and when Washington started its pennant-winning climb he became & regular fan. It is doubtful, however, if the President will issue any order per- mitting Government clerks to be excused from work to attend any of the world series games. If they obtain leave of absence, it will have to be credited to their annual leave, vari- lived in Mversville, overtaken by Mrs. Shank and Harry Leatherman in an automobile. Mrs Shank attacked her with a ciub, she said, beat her savagely, tore her in and ap- In the gathered and egged on Mrs. Shank. She charged that it was Harry Leatherman. a storekeeper of Myersville, himself a Dunkard of the most conscientious religious type, who stirred up the mob, supplied the tar and feathers and tarring stick, and incited Mrs. Shank to her furious attack when she was a rage tar and feathers a mob had plied the meantime Favored Dragging Vietim. Miss Grandon said that Leatherman actually handed the tar and feathers to Mrs Shank and that it was Paul Grossnigkle and Calvin Shank who held her while Mrs. Shank beat her. Afterward she asked for an automo- bile to take her to home of Mrs. Kennedy, and she said that Leather- man replied that she ought to be tied to the rear of a machine and dragged through Myersville. About this time she was rescued by a farmer, James Whipp, living nearby, and taken to his home, where the tar was removed, pain- fully, with lard and soap. All th Miss Grandon told in a free and easy, offhand manner, not the slightest embarrassed at the guffaws of the curious spectators when per- sonal questions were put to her. Aft- er her testimony she sat with her friend, Mabel Mills. also a 20-year-old bob-haired brunette, with whom she first went to the little hamlet of My ersville, and who has been released temporarily from the House of Cor- rection to be a witness for the State. Both seemed to take the trial purely as an amusing incident, Miss Grandon showing no signs of the rowing experiences through which she had passed Leatherman's is the test case, on the outcome of which will rest the cases of the other 18 men indicted— 8 for tarring and feathering and 10 for rioting. Defense Counsel Balked. Reno S. Harp and the other attor- neys for Leatherman obviously were chagrined at not being able to bring in anything about Dorothy Grandon's past behavior. They were not al- lowed to question her on her rela- tions to Lloyd Shank, husband of Mary Shank, with whom she had been friendly, Mrs. Shank alleged. Under cross-examination she admitted she bad been arrested and convicted of being drunk ang disorderly in Ha gerstown, However, the judges would not al- low her to tell why she had left Hagerstown to go to Myersville, or why she had changed her name from Lorraine Pearroll. Sitting jauntily and complacently in front of the judges, she laughed outright when she sensed the disappointment of the spectators ut missing sensational de. tails. Several minor witnesses also were called yesterday, one a chemist, tes- tifying that the tar used was réad tar, stiff and viscous and very irri- tating to the skin. Attorneys for the defense in the cases of the 19 men indicted an- nounced they will call 75 witnesse: Willlam A. ‘Storm, State's attorney, expects to call 15. Immediately after the Leatherman case was called, the defense attorneys entered a plea of net guilty and asked for a jury trial. The jurors selected were: John P. Style, foreman: J. Calvin Kox, Archie W. Ogley, Richard J. Alinut, Grover Trout, William D. Curfman, Charles F. Kreh, C. Harry Cramer, Allan M. Seitzer, Bernard W. Wilson, Clyde W. Smith and Ulysses G. Hooper. FOREST FIRES SPREAD. PONCHATOULA, La., September 30, —Families living a mile south and east of here have been forced ta, flee from their homes by foreat fires, which, fanned by high winds, spread rapidly. Valuable timber and farm Possesgions have been destroyed. The fire started four days ago and lumbermen said that more than 250 acres had been burmed. 7 appeared | ex- | CONTEST PLANNED ON AGTRESS' WILL | Relatives of Lotta Crabtree Prepare to Fight for i $4.000,000 Estate. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, September 30.—A contest | over the will of Lotta Crabtree, the actress, who left approximately 34 000,000 to charities, cutting off rela tives with $100,000, was indicated td- day. Relatives who were not mentioned in the will, Mrs. Robert Glenn of » York, Maude Louise Crabtree of Bos- ton, Mrs. Charlotte L. Beitmuller of Newark, N. J.; Mrs. Ethel Harmon of Scranton, Pa, and others have either sent attorneys here or have notified counsel for Miss Crabtree of their in tention to contest the document The $2,000,000 fund set aside by the actress for the relief of disabled World War veterans and their de pandents may be matched in amount | by her provision for the promotion of farming The - residue the estate was left 1o aid graduates of Ma Chusetts Agricultural College, In establishing the * tural ¥und” the actress, who had pro vided clsewhere for the care of dumb animals, discharged convicts, need actors and hospital, as sistance to music students and Christ mas gifts to the poor, said To Provide Employment. “T believe it is my duty to aid in some of the great social and economi questions of the times, and it is my belief that the best method to reduce the cost and expense of living and to provide a generally more prospero {and larger employment for the pec ple lies in the intelligent and active promotion of agricultural pursuits and that I may render real practical | assistance in this direction, T author- ize my trustees to loan the semi-an nual income of this fund, without in- terest, to such graduates of Massa- chusetts Agricultural College at Am herst as have completed their cours |and who have the desire to follow agriculture.” | "The $4.000,000 estate which Miss Crabtree acquired in a colorful career of song and dance, real estate invest ment and theater operation goes 1 charity under the terms of her wiil which® was filed yesterday, and hal of the sum goes to form a trust fund for World War disabled and their de- pendents unds for War Veterans. The will establishes a trust fund of $2,000,000 for those men and wom en in the service of the United States during the World War who were dis- abled, maimed, wounded or sick, and extends assistance also to their de- pendents “I thoroughly .otta Agricul actresses believe that in making of this particular trust have selected the noblest and mos deserving phitanthrophy to which ms cstate can be put,” the testatrix sa the will “I have great pride and admiration for the heroic and patriotic service rendered by our soldiers, sailors and women who were in the service of the United States during the late World War and 1 have given great 4 ideration 1o the sacrifices and sufferings that have come to S0 many of them in the performance of their duties and to the hardships and dif culties which they must continue io suffer in years to come “T am fully aware of the fact that | they can never receive adequate com | peusation and reward for what they |have helped to accomplish for the | honor and well being of their coun- try and mankind.” The trustees—Maj. Gen. Clarence It Edwards, U. S. A, retired: Judge Wil- liam . Wait of the Massachusetts Superior Court and William Morse, attorney for Aliss Crabtree- are empowered to aid also any hos pitals or other organizations per- forming a similar service to veterans land are directed to use the income from the fund semi-annually the Allows Use of Principal. “Inasmuch as at the present time and in the immediate years to follow there will be greater occasion and demand for aid and assistance than there will be as the vears go on.” the will directs the trustees further to use the principal of the fund if neces sary to accomplish the purposes of the trust A life of 40 vears for the trust is set by the donor, after which the funds are to go as residue of the estate to graduates of the Massachu- setts Agricultural College. As Miss Crabtree was most closely identified with the States of Massachusetts, California and New York, the will says, the preference shall :be given to veterans in those States, but this request is not mandatory. A fund of $300.000, to be known as the “Lotta dumb animal fund,” is created for the care and relief of dumhb animals, and particularly for a continuous and Vigorous opposition to vivisection. Under this trust drinking feuntains for men, horses birds and dogs are to be set up and maintained in New York and Boston as “Lotta foundations.” Theatrical Fund. The “Lotta theatrical fund” of $$100.000 is set aside to help those members of the theatrical profession who through sickness or misfortune need assistance. Part of the income of this fund may be used for the ed- ucation of young women in the the- atrical profession. Christmas gifts of clothing, food, coal, medicine or small donatio cash to needy persons are provided for in a fund of $100,000 established in the name of Mary A. Crabtree, Miss Crabtree’s mother. Convicts dis- charged in the citics of San Francis- co. St. Louis, Chicago, Washington, Louisville and New Orleans will bene- | fit_under another $100,000 fund set aside as the “Lotta fund for aiding discharged convicts.' A sum of $100,000 is to be invested and the income is o be pald in in- stallments of $£1.000 per vear to Mre, Edwin Fretwell and Mlss Sophia Livesey, both of San Franeisco: also a similar amount to Miss Crabtree's three cousins in Ingland—Mary Alice huttleworth of Shipton, Yorkshire; Sarah A. Crabtree, Bacup, Lancashire, and John Henry Crabtree of Pendle- ton, Lancashire. For Poor in Hospitals. The sum of $50,000 is set aside for a fund to be known as the “Lotta hos- pital fund,” the income to be paid an- nually to hospitals in Boston to be used in providing free beds and at- tendance for the eick poor. The sum of $25,000 is set the “Lotta edueational fund, come to be paid annually to four pupils of the New Iingland Corserva tory of Music who are without means to obtain a musical education All the residue of the estate is to be held in trust as a fund to be knewn as the “Lotta agricultural fund® and from its semi-annual income the trustees are empowered to loan, with- out interest, to such graduates of the Massachusetts Agricultural College who have received their diplomas there but who are without funds to engage in agricultural pursuits. In this particular case no graduate shall be entitled to receive the benefit of the fund without first furnishing a certificate from the college authorities as to his moral eharacter and as te his deportment while in collagm